WINNER of the Kerry Schooley Book AwardA story as magical as it is real, that asks, if you could stop and restart time for a second chance, would you?Boys final year of high school is unraveling. Fast. He had it all worked out, from crushing his final exams to military school to a career in the air force. But his familys tragic past and its complicated present have caught up to him, and his marks are slipping, jeopardizing all of his plans.When Boy befriends Mara, a homeless man who can seemingly stop and restart time at will, he has to weigh his familys needs and his own conscience against the potential contained within Maras mysterious and powerful gift. And he soon realizes the hardest truths about time: the past cant be undone, memories are as fragile as moments, and the future rarely turns out like we think it will.

Brent van Staalduinen is the author of the novelSaints, Unexpected. He is the winner of the Bristol Short Story Prize,Fiddleheads Best Short Fiction Award, and the Lush Triumphant Literary Award. Brent lives in Hamilton, Ontario.